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Sean Jackson

A Look Inside Top Chef: Texas

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Category: Television
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If you’ve been watching Top Chef: Texas, you might have seen the episode two weeks ago about the Cattle Baron’s Ball. Well, if you were there, raise your hand. Not so fast, everyone who isn’t my wife and me. Yes, yours truly got to go to a Top Chef challenge. My wife is a longstanding member of the Cattle Baron’s Ball (side note: my wife’s aunt founded the organization). So when I got a call from her (my wife, not her aunt) that we were getting to go to a taping of the show, I was excited. Eat great food, watch a show being shot — what’s not to love? Read More

Football Alternatives for Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 at 3:11 PM
Category: Games, Movies, Television | Tags:
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Alright people, it’s game time! This Thanksgiving it’s all up for grabs, with the Dallas Cowboy going up against the…

Ok, I can’t even make it through that 2nd sentence. Look, I’ll be honest (at least here, the rest of this post might be an elaborate ruse, played just on you), sports just doesn’t click with me. You might be the same. Oh sure, most of us like stuffing our faces to the point of nausea with turkey goodness, potatoes of the mashed variety with a gravy of your choice and some pumpkin pie, but it’s the after party that I just don’t get. Why do I want to watch a bunch of strangers shoving each other around a field, chasing a ball, for a couple of hours? I think a sharp blow to the head would bring me more enjoyment (and no, that’s not an open invitation to assault me). Read More

Remembering Movies

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Category: Movies
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Every now and then we all have a little memory lapse, forgetting a phone number or someone’s name as you’re talking to them. Happens to the best of us. But when you forget a movie, you have the benefit of being able to use other films to try to figure out what you’ve forgotten. See if you can figure out what these movies are by their very foggy descriptions. Highlight the end of each line to see the answer. Read More

Great TV Moustaches

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Category: Television | Tags: , ,
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If you’re not watching The Good Guys, Fridays at 8pm Central on Fox, you’re not only missing a great show that’s shot here in Dallas, but you’re missing out on one of TV’s great moustaches. You should have your TV license revoked.*

Detective Dan Stark, played by Bradley Whitford, is currently upholding the honorable tradition of the facial hair of kings (seriously, go Google it; a lot of kings had rocking ‘staches).

In honor of this, I have put together a brief list of some of TV’s greatest moustaches. Read More